Business Grants

Winchester City Council has three funding measures for local businesses - make sure you get what you are entitled to! You might be eligible for:

• a start up grant
• a village shop grant
• hardship rates relief

More information can be downloaded from the bottom of this page, or contact Kate Crawford on 01962 848 563.

Examples of Grants

• Flexible grants are available for small businesses who wish to take up leadership and management training. Contact Train to Gain for more details. For more information, telephone 0845 751 2288, email info@traintogainse.co.uk or go to their website.
  
• You might also be eligible for LEADER funding if you are a rural business that meet RDPE and local criteria. Please visit www.fieldfareleader.org.uk for further information.

• South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) is offering Grants of up to £500 to help small companies make changes to their premises to cut their energy costs. Each company that applies will be loaned a simple energy monitor, provided with a 'walk round checklist', 'switch off' stickers and posters and the application form.
• If your business has an energy spend of between £1500 and £30000 contact Business Link on 0845 600 9 006 to find out how to cut your bills and your carbon footprint or download the factsheet below.

• SEEDA are administering the Rural Development Programme for England in this area, with funds available for rural projects. Contact Helen Dallas on 01483 484200 if you wish to discuss your ideas, or log onto www.seeda.co.uk/rdpe
  
• The Forestry Commission are also publicising grants for forestry businesses. Download the leaflet below for more information.
• Winchester City Council also has an Open4Community grant search website.
  
• Hampshire County Council external funding website available.
• The Government has unveiled a new scheme, "Be the Boss", that will provide loans, grants, and advice to ex-service personnel, to assist with the costs of starting and growing a business.
  
• BERR have information about the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme
  
• If you are interested in rural grants, you might also be interested in the Department of Energy and Climate Change's bio-energy capital grants scheme.
• You might also be interested in the Collabor8 schemes which offers grants across the South Downs AONB to promote sustainable tourism networks. Fund out more by downloading the press release below, or email the South Downs Joint Committee.

Want to know what other funding streams are available to you? Have a look at the websites below.

• Green Grants Machine can give advice about grants to make environmentally friendly changes to your business
• Business Link can give further advice on grants and funding
• eHampshire - offer grants to get your business started with broadband
• J4B Grants - search for Government funding for businesses
• Princes Trust - give grants for education and training especially
• Southern Area Euro Information Centre - will conduct comprehensive searches for funding for your business
• University of Winchester offer funding for starting up in business

Downloads:

File format	File title	File size / Download time
	Start up grant scheme criteria	34K 56Kbps Modem: 5 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Hardship rates relief criteria	36K 56Kbps Modem: 5 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Hardship rates relief application form	288K 56Kbps Modem: 42 Seconds Broadband: 2 Seconds
	Village shop grant scheme application form	323K 56Kbps Modem: 47 Seconds Broadband: 2 Seconds
	Village shop grant scheme criteria	32K 56Kbps Modem: 5 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Collabor8	182K 56Kbps Modem: 27 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Energy Grant 500	232K 56Kbps Modem: 34 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Forestry Commission grants	782K 56Kbps Modem: 2 Minutes Broadband: 4 Seconds